extravagancy C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ɪkˈstrævəɡənsi/ UK /ɪkˈstrævəɡənsi/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun excessive or wasteful spending or display; extravagance The court's extravagancy drained the kingdom's treasury. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · excessive or wasteful... extravagancelavishnesswastefulnessprodigalityprofligacyexcessexorbitance ↔ Opposites frugalitythrifteconomymoderationrestraint Word family Related forms extravagantextravagantlyextravaganza Etymology AI details From extravagant + -cy. Extravagant derives from Medieval Latin extravagantem ('wandering outside'), from Latin extra ('outside') + vagari ('to wander'). extravagari la-med vagari Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # extravagancy **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɪkˈstrævəɡənsi/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪkˈstrævəɡənsi/ ## Meanings 1. excessive or wasteful spending or display; extravagance ## Examples - The court's extravagancy drained the kingdom's treasury. ## Synonyms - extravagance - lavishness - wastefulness - prodigality - profligacy - excess - exorbitance ## Antonyms - frugality - thrift - economy - moderation - restraint ## Related Forms - extravagant - extravagantly - extravaganza ## Roots and Affixes - Root: extravagari - Root: vagari ## Etymology From extravagant + -cy. Extravagant derives from Medieval Latin extravagantem ('wandering outside'), from Latin extra ('outside') + vagari ('to wander'). ## AI Etymology Extravagancy comes from extravagant + -cy. Extravagant derives from Medieval Latin extravagantem ('wandering outside'), from Latin extra ('outside') + vagari ('to wander'). Morphologically, the account is both compositional and suffixal: -cy marks the visible structure by which the older base becomes the modern form. In present use, it is used as a noun meaning "excessive or wasteful spending or display; extravagance", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes related forms such as extravagant, extravagantly, and extravaganza, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Latin extravagari and Latin vagari, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown